New Obama Ad Keeps Hitting McCain's Link To Ohio Job-Killing Deal
Mark Halperin has a new Obama ad that the campaign hasn't publicly released, in which Team Obama stays true to its promise to keep hammering John McCain over a local issue in Ohio: The likely closure of a shipping hub that was bought by DHL in 2003 with the help of lobbyist and current McCain campaign manager Rick Davis -- as well as McCain himself.
The announcer says that "thousands of Ohio jobs are at risk" thanks to McCain, along with statements by average Ohioans talking about the threat they're facing. "It's tough times, when it's a foreign entity coming in and sucker punching us," one man says. "That's how this felt."
The word "foreign" occurs three times in this ad -- perhaps an effort to turn the GOP's attacks on Obama's supposed un-Americanness on their head by hitting Republican trade policy as anti-American-worker.
Watch the ad here.
Sen. Obama is getting down and dirty. Right on!
John McCain + Job killer = John McJobKiller
August 14, 2008 6:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
yeah i really enjoyed this ad. it gets right 2 the point and features real voters.
Video: Baracky Part 2
August 15, 2008 2:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
WHAT ad? There is no ad at either Link, just a statement from GWBush telecast on Fox NeWS...where's the ad?
August 15, 2008 11:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
Reminder: Pls, go to the following link below and watch the best Anti-McCain attack to date.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBfngOsvmA0
August 14, 2008 6:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is a great, freaking ad! I wish MoveOn would put up something like this instead of those lame ones they've been running.
August 14, 2008 7:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
That ad is the r0xx0r!!!!11!1
August 14, 2008 8:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sen. Obama is getting down and dirty. Right on!
John McCain + Job killer = John McJobKiller
Reminder: Pls, go to the following link below and watch the best Anti-McCain ad attack to date.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBfngOsvmA0
August 14, 2008 6:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
They're definitely ramping up the level of attack.
Once we get past the convention, I'll wager that we'll see the Obama we've been waiting for.
McCain is not going to know what hit him.
August 14, 2008 6:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Depends on the polls. If he stays stable or gains a bit after the convention then I would guess that his current level of attack will stay the same. If he takes a dip, he will be more forceful.
August 14, 2008 6:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Best part of that ad - tying McCain's campaign manager to the loss of Ohio jobs.
Run that sucker every day in Ohio.
August 14, 2008 6:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
If Obama can keep at it, this one single issue had swing OH our way, and keep McLame running all over the place.
This hits right at home.
August 14, 2008 6:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
...Yep, "foreign entity" is definately some of that GOP dog whistle langauge to all those closet xenophobes and racists trying to make up their minds...oh my bad...this is Obama's commercial...forget what I just said...this is outstanding...he needs to keep up the "clean fight!"
August 15, 2008 8:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
Is anyone watching Hardball right now? OMG, the Clintonites are on defending the position as to way they are not voting for BO. It is hilarious.
The host, is really showing them the stupidity of their decision. this is soo funny.
August 14, 2008 7:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
The segment is over now, but there was this lady on from PUMA who said that her group's issue is not with BO, but with the DNC. Essentially, they are blaming the DNC leadership for Hillary not being the nominee.
August 14, 2008 7:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just saw that. Schuster kicked ass. They looked like ridiculous fools with all of this talk about how the DNC rigged the election for Obama. Ridiculous.
August 14, 2008 7:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
that was ridiculous
August 14, 2008 7:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
i mean the puma people, not you. you're a perfectly dignified, rational, er, roach i guess.
August 14, 2008 7:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
What is PUMA going to do when BO wins in November? Dont they know that payback is a bitch?
August 14, 2008 7:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
franklyn, David Shuster was brilliant - he absolutely barbecued those 2 PUMA hacks. Man, he should totally replace Chris Matthews.
August 14, 2008 7:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
His guest were totally taken back.
August 14, 2008 7:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
I want video!
August 14, 2008 7:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Found it.
:shudder:
That Puma guy is fucking creepy.
August 14, 2008 7:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly. I hope someone has that on video.
August 14, 2008 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's up on MSNBC's Hardball site now.
August 14, 2008 7:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Really showed that the PUMA's are the lunatic fringe. I just hope they emailed are their fellow lunatics and told them to tune in "I'm gunna be on teevee"
August 14, 2008 7:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
HAHA!
"Obama won the popular vote even without cauceses"
"Ummm, it's actually my understanding that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote."
"Well, your understanding is wrong."
DAMN!
August 14, 2008 7:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
The video is here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553/#scroll_video
The clip is named "Clinton's fire inextinguishable"
Oh, man. Those PUMA people got owned.
August 14, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
That was soo good. I just loved "I don't know he's in Hawaii". I'll have to use that next time I can't think of anything to say. Shuster was good - really got right on them. $500.00 to McCain huh? And only $50,000 wow - I thought they had millions. Even though their bone was with the DNC they won't vote for Obama ever. They both sounded rather silly. Fun to watch. Thanks for the link.
August 14, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
This ad is way way too xenophobic to come from a Democrat. Can't he hit McCain on economic issues without playing up fears of "foreign entities"?
August 14, 2008 7:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
No.
August 14, 2008 7:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well that's depressing, because "foreign entities" aren't the problem here, the problem is John McCain.
All this ad does is play up an antagonism between US voters and people overseas, which is very not-Obama. He should be playing up the necessary antagonism between US voters and John McCain's disastrous economic policies.
"Foreign entities" doesn't need to factor into it; that's just straight Republican-style xenophobia/racism.
August 14, 2008 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
The words foreign entities does not need to be front and center but the concept does. McCain sold out workers from Ohio for the benefit of a foreign company. That message will play with blue collar voters. It also directly contradicts McCain's bs "Country First" slogan.
It is not like Obama is painting all things foreign with the same brush, nor is he fear mongering. The ad is simply stating the facts, supplemented with commentary by local workers.
August 14, 2008 7:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Countrywide First!
August 14, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, I agree. The problem IS McCain and 8 years of Republican rule. Obama needs to really push the "DAMAGE McCain and the Republican party has done" theme - loss of jobs, loss of prestige, huge debt/deficits, damage to economy, education, infrastructure, Constitution, on and on ad nauseum. This Democratic 2008 theme ought to be "it's the Republicans, stupid."
August 14, 2008 8:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hitting McCain non-stop in Ohio for the DHL deal, hit him from now to the election in Nevada for his 45 new Nuclear Reactors Energy plan and his support of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste repository.
All politics are local. Find a local issue in each swing state that you can hammer McCain on and do it from now to November 4th.
August 14, 2008 7:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
The PUMA woman must have been on drugs, she was so incoherent..
Thanks nulook23 for the link. this is a great ad.
I wish this will be used by the Obama camp nation wide.
I think DHL deal is going to sink McBushSame in Ohio. I think for Nevada they need to use the Nuclear waste story.
August 14, 2008 7:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like the Obama approach right now. General election ads are positive and says what Obama plans to do for the country and then in individual states negative ads that are taylor made for that state such as DHL ad for Ohio, McCain doesn't know how bad the economy is for Indiana, Yucca Mountain for Nevada, Harleys for Wisconsin, etc.
Interesting strategy and it just might work...
August 14, 2008 8:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's just the start, state oriented ads can REALLY hit home when they are that specific.
August 14, 2008 9:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
brilliant ad...i get a little cranky when i hear anything negative about foreigners, but this was not over the top..so long as he doesnt continue on some "blame the foreigners" tirade....
country first my big back toe!! keep the local ads coming obama..they are sucker punching mccain where it hurts.....
August 14, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
BARACKY II - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNgA5xLxao&e
August 14, 2008 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Haha. Awesome.
August 14, 2008 11:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good.
August 14, 2008 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
We're gonna win Ohio.
Book it!
August 15, 2008 12:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
this is the practically the same ad in substance and style that ted kennedy ran against mitt romney in 94.
August 15, 2008 2:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is a great ad because:
It clearly demonstrates just how desperate the Lawn Jockey in Chief has become.
It runs counter to many of Hussein's supposed "virtues", for example the appeal to American xenophobia.
It depends upon lies and supposition to make its point and thus is easily knocked back.
Meanwhile Hussein goes on proving what an ineffectual ButtBoy he really is.
And American will not elect a ButtBoy to the Oval Office.
Remember the fantasy that the more people got to know Hussein then the better he did?
Well the end of the primaries disproved that lie.
And now we see the same dynamic playing out for the GE.
Not the White House but a Crack House for Loser Hussein and Shaniqua!
August 15, 2008 6:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is too far over the line.
August 15, 2008 7:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
i tend to skip whatever she/he is saying. He just baits. Dont read whatever they post. It's not worth it.
August 15, 2008 8:22 AM | Reply | Permalink
What a lame ad. Oilbama has done nothing to help anyone get a job unless you count the losers who volunteer for him.
August 15, 2008 8:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey everybody!
LOOK AT ME!!!
LOOK AT ME!!!
August 15, 2008 11:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Audio from the Ohio DHL ad is up.
August 15, 2008 11:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
McCain just launched a response:
(He insists on the celebrity theme)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiDVRvzjZLA&eurl
August 15, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink